Question

1. Explain the steps of loss and grief a person with early onset dementia may experience.

Answer 1

There are five steps of grief after diagnosed with dementia

Denial anger bargaining depression and acceptance these are the 5 stages a person who has diagnosed with dementia will passing through all the stage

Denial this is the first stage of after diagnosing of dementia the patient will not accept a as diagnosed with dementia and he will not listen to the doctor's or caregiver who is treating him he will say I don't have any problem and may try to to leave the place and ignore treatment

Angor

In this stage patient will realise a has diagnosed with dementia and the patient will feel angor to everybody and he may ask why it is come to me such questions can be raised and we will be feel angry to everybody including the physician caregiver and even to family members

Bargaining

In this stage patient will try to resolve the issue by consulting two different doctors also some people are rely on religious belief and pray to God to solve this problem

Depression

when they realise after consulting different places these dementia is a progress here and there is no recovery from dementia they will be in the state of depression due to realising that they will not returning to normal life

Acceptance

in the stage patient will realise he has dementia and I have to live with dementia and and then patient will do some activities some patients believe in God and will do the religious activity and some other whatever they are interested they will do their activity and they will follow the treatment plan and do the things that they can improve the the condition of the present problem